10. What does the reader find out about the current relationship between Oberon, King of the Fairies, and Titania, Queen of the Fairies, from Puck and the first fairy?
The reader finds out that the King and Queen are fighting about a changeling child.
11. How have Oberon and Titania been involved in the past with Theseus and Hippolyta; why have they come to Athens?
In the past, Oberon had an affair with Hippolyta, and Titania had an affair with Theseus. Oberan and Titania have come to Athens to attend the wedding of Hippolyta and Theseus.
12. What effect has their quarrel had on nature, on the seasons, on humans?
When Oberon and Titania quarrel, devastating things happen. Seasons become confused, floods occur and crops rot :O
13. Why won’t Titania give up the changeling to Oberon?
Titania refuses to give the changeling to Oberon, because the child was the child of Titania's former servant and friend. When the servant died, her final request was that Titania took care of her child.
14. What does Oberon send Puck to find?
Oberon sends Puck to find a special flower. The juices from the flower causes deep love.
15. What are Oberon’s plans for Titania?
To get back at Titania, Oberon decides to put the juice on her eyelids while she sleeps, hoping that she will fall in love with an animal.
16. How does Helena react to Demetrius’s verbal abuse?
Helena twists all of the abusive words Demetrius says, into an expression of love, <3
17. What is her response to his threats of physical abuse?
Helena brushes his physical abuse threats off, or twists them into an expression of love. She also continues to follow him.
18. In what way is Helena’s behaviour inappropriate for Athenian women?
In Athens, woman weren't supposed to talk back to men. Woman had very limited rights.
19. What does Oberon tell Puck to do about Demetrius and Helena?
Oberon tells puck that there is an Athenian man being pursued by an Athenian woman. He tells Puck to also put the juice from the flower on Demetrius's eyes, so he will fall in love with Helena. Unfortunately, he didn't specify which Athenian man to put the flower juices though, which resulted in the main conflict.
Act II, Scene 2
20. Why does Oberon want Titania to wake and fall in love with some vile thing?
To get back at Titania for not giving him the changeling child. He also thinks it would be a funny.
21. Why does Hermia insist Lysander sleep a little ways from her?
Because she wants to maintain her modesty until she is married.
22. Why does Puck anoint Lysander’s eyes?
Puck anoints Lysander's eyes because he thinks Lysander is the Athenian man Oberon was talking about.
23. How does Helena react to Lysander’s sudden love for her when he awakens?
Helena assumes that Lysander is playing a trick on her.
24. How is Hermia’s dream a reflection of reality?
Hermia dreamt that a snake was eating his heart. This is a reflection of reality, because when she wakes up, her lover has left her for another woman. This could be a reflection of reality because it could symbolize the fact that she is losing the most important person in her heart.
The reader finds out that the King and Queen are fighting about a changeling child.
11. How have Oberon and Titania been involved in the past with Theseus and Hippolyta; why have they come to Athens?
In the past, Oberon had an affair with Hippolyta, and Titania had an affair with Theseus. Oberan and Titania have come to Athens to attend the wedding of Hippolyta and Theseus.
12. What effect has their quarrel had on nature, on the seasons, on humans?
When Oberon and Titania quarrel, devastating things happen. Seasons become confused, floods occur and crops rot :O
13. Why won’t Titania give up the changeling to Oberon?
Titania refuses to give the changeling to Oberon, because the child was the child of Titania's former servant and friend. When the servant died, her final request was that Titania took care of her child.
14. What does Oberon send Puck to find?
Oberon sends Puck to find a special flower. The juices from the flower causes deep love.
15. What are Oberon’s plans for Titania?
To get back at Titania, Oberon decides to put the juice on her eyelids while she sleeps, hoping that she will fall in love with an animal.
16. How does Helena react to Demetrius’s verbal abuse?
Helena twists all of the abusive words Demetrius says, into an expression of love, <3
17. What is her response to his threats of physical abuse?
Helena brushes his physical abuse threats off, or twists them into an expression of love. She also continues to follow him.
18. In what way is Helena’s behaviour inappropriate for Athenian women?
In Athens, woman weren't supposed to talk back to men. Woman had very limited rights.
19. What does Oberon tell Puck to do about Demetrius and Helena?
Oberon tells puck that there is an Athenian man being pursued by an Athenian woman. He tells Puck to also put the juice from the flower on Demetrius's eyes, so he will fall in love with Helena. Unfortunately, he didn't specify which Athenian man to put the flower juices though, which resulted in the main conflict.
Act II, Scene 2
20. Why does Oberon want Titania to wake and fall in love with some vile thing?
To get back at Titania for not giving him the changeling child. He also thinks it would be a funny.
21. Why does Hermia insist Lysander sleep a little ways from her?
Because she wants to maintain her modesty until she is married.
22. Why does Puck anoint Lysander’s eyes?
Puck anoints Lysander's eyes because he thinks Lysander is the Athenian man Oberon was talking about.
23. How does Helena react to Lysander’s sudden love for her when he awakens?
Helena assumes that Lysander is playing a trick on her.
24. How is Hermia’s dream a reflection of reality?
Hermia dreamt that a snake was eating his heart. This is a reflection of reality, because when she wakes up, her lover has left her for another woman. This could be a reflection of reality because it could symbolize the fact that she is losing the most important person in her heart.